critical9.3
CVE-2008-0888
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial…
Impact
The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 6.06, 6.10, 7.04, 7.10 |
| Apple | Mac Os X | before 10.6.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 4.0 |
| Unzip Project | Unzip | before 6.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29392
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29406
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29415
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29427
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29432
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29440
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29681
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31204
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522
- http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40
- http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1